Mae Whitman

Swedes make a mean cup of joe

Here's a tasty legacy from the visit I shared with some of my Swedish cousins a few weeks ago: Gevalia! It's a brand of coffee in Sweden, and it's good to the last drop. I had it when I was in Sweden two years ago and sort of forgot about it because I...

Tags: Don Johnson, Winter Park, Thunderball (music group), Homeland (tv program), Orlando Bloom

Video/Q&A: 'Smashed' star Mary Elizabeth Winstead

To bond as married alcoholics for the Sundance hit “Smashed,” co-stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, appropriately, went out and got drunk. “I don’t know what I really learned about myself from that particular night...

Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Tommy Wiseau, Minor League Baseball, Michael Cera, Entertainment Events

Tuesday's Highlights

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Royally Mad' on BBC America

Tuesday's Highlights: 'Hellcats' on KTLA

TCA Press Tour: What can we expect from 'Parenthood's' Braverman family this season?

'Arrested Development' trailer debuts online

RedEye

It's the final countdown for the fourth season of "Arrested Development"--at least that's what the first-look trailer tells us. Posted by Netflix on YouTube on Sunday, the trailer shows the bizarre Bluth family--including Michael (Jason Bateman), Gob...

Tags: Police Arrests, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor

'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'

Stephen Chbosky's own adaptation of his novel is a heartfelt, beautifully played treat. Logan Lerman plays a high-school freshman who feels completely out of step with others, until two stepsiblings (Emma Watson, Ezra Miller) make him a living project...

Tags: Paul Rudd, Joan Cusack, Movies, DVDs, Melanie Lynskey

At Capitol Cinema: `Wallflower' brings new youth to teen angst

This coming-of-age drama, based on the best-selling young adult novel of the same name, may sound like total formula, right down to the rebellious thrill of experimenting with drugs and alcohol and the liberation of experiencing “The Rocky Horror...

Tags: Literature, Emma Watson, Movies, Arts and Culture, Logan Lerman

Monday TV Talk Shows: Paloma Faith; Mae Whitman; Seth MacFarlane

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 2 - 8 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today John Krasinski; Ian McKellan; Michael Bublé; Paloma Faith performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC...

Tags: Dave Matthews, Punch Brothers (music group), Connie Britton, Betty White, Carnie Wilson

'Secret of the Wings'

When you learn this direct-to-video fantasy is a Disney production, and you consider who might have wings in it, it should be an easy leap to guess Tinker Bell is the central character. Mae Whitman ("Parenthood") supplies the voice, but there's another...

Tags: DVDs, Lucy Liu, Lucy Hale, Blu-ray Discs, Timothy Dalton

'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'

Zap2It

A series of graphic novels comes to life as title hero Scott ( Michael Cera) endures a lot for love in this purposely fantastical comedy-adventure. He has a new romantic interest ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but to win her heart, he literally must...

Tags: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Movies, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs